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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Tiger Tyjar's Big Move!

One of the saddest sounds to hear is that of a tiger crying
out for her deceased buddy. Poor Jasmine
really was attached to Okemo. From the
day he first arrived at Aladdin’s Castle, to the day he left us, Jasmine’s eyes
were glued to Okemo, always watching his every move. Often, when Okemo slept in his den, Jasmine
would position herself in such a manner that allowed her to watch him. She really, really loved our sweet Okemo.

Jasmine is having a hard time understanding why Okemo no
longer lives next to her. It was very difficult
for us to hear her cry out to him for hours on end that first and second night without
Okemo, knowing that there was nothing we could do to ease her pain. Our first instinct was to lavish lots of love
and attention on our girl, but sadly, our overtures were for not. Jasmine was inconsolable. After much discussion, we decided to relocate
one of our single male tigers adjacent to Jasmine’s quarters in the hopes that
she would not feel so alone anymore.

Moving Tyjar next to Jasmine seemed like the logical choice
because, after all, he is family! You
may recall, Tyjar is Jasmine’s son, who sadly was separated from Jasmine
shortly after birth. To learn more about Tyjar, click HERE!

The move also benefited Tyjar simply because he has never
felt “loved” by one of The Brats—Sultan—who just happened to live nearby. By the way, have you ever wondered why we call three of our tigers "The Brats?" Well, if you check back with us next week, we'll have that answer for you! For some reason, Sultan took an instant
dislike to Tyjar from day one, going out of his way to antagonize and challenge him at every
opportunity. Unfortunately, this discord
impacted the Brat Girls, Iona and Kaiya, who often bore the brunt of Sultan’s frustrations.

So on Sunday, we quietly moved Tyjar to his new enclosure in
the hopes that he would love his new home; that Jasmine would enjoy his
company; and the brats would finally return to their normal harmonious
state. On Tyjar’s big move day, our boy
entered the transporter and his new quarters without any problems—he was such a
trooper!

Well, it’s been four days now since Tyjar moved and he’s doing great in his new home! When he first moved in, Jasmine approached him, made a few greeting chuffs and then turned her back on him. <sigh> But good news! Yesterday evening, Jasmine's spirits picked up as she was seen jumping in and out of her tub, playing hide and seek with Tyjar, and tackling her ball! It looks like Mother and Son will be just fine living next to each other after all!

At first, Sultan continued to glare across the grounds at
Tyjar in the hopes of intimidating our tiger.
Sultan finally decided Tyjar was no longer a threat and returned to his
normal “bratty” self, to the delight of Iona and Kaiya. Ahhh…Tiger Country is harmonious once more!

So the big question is… Did Tyjar ever discover the pool?

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